Bill Text: CA AB2401 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Public postsecondary education: admissions policy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-06-30 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission. [AB2401 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB2401-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2401	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 28, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 24, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Block

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 66202 of the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2401, as amended, Block. Public postsecondary education:
admissions policy.
   Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, provides
for a public postsecondary education system in this state. This
system consists of the University of California, the California State
University, and the California Community Colleges. Among other
things, the Donahoe Higher Education Act sets forth legislative
intent with respect to enrollment planning and admission priority
practice at the undergraduate resident student level for the
California State University and the University of California.
   This bill would state this legislative intent  for the
California State University  with respect to enrollment planning
and admission, rather than admission priority practice. The bill
would require the California State University, within existing
enrollment categories, to provide applicants residing in the local
service area, as defined, admission to the applicant's local
California State University campus over other California residents or
out-of-state applicants entering as first-time freshmen or
sophomores, provided they meet relevant admissions criteria.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 66202 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   66202.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the following
categories be followed, insofar as practicable in the following
numerical order, for the  purpose   purposes
 of enrollment planning and admission at the undergraduate
resident student level for the California State University and 
enrollment planning and admission priority practice at the
undergraduate resident student level for  the University of
California:
   (1) Continuing undergraduate students in good standing.
   (2) California community college transfer students who have
successfully concluded a course of study in an approved transfer
agreement program.
   (3) (A) Other California community college students who have met
all of the requirements for transfer.
   (B) As stated in legislative findings, the transfer function plays
a key role in meeting the state's goals of educational equity.
Therefore, the Board of Regents of the University of California and
the Board of Trustees of the California State University shall
declare as policy for this subparagraph and paragraph (2) that
students who are eligible to transfer and who are from historically
underrepresented groups or economically disadvantaged families shall
be given preference, to the fullest extent possible under state and
federal law, statutes, and regulations, in transfer admissions
decisions, and shall design policies in conformity with state and
federal statutes and regulations intended to facilitate their success
in achieving transfer.
   (4) Other qualified transfer students.
   (5) California residents entering at the freshman or sophomore
levels.
   (b) It is further the intent of the Legislature that within each
of the preceding enrollment categories, the following groups of
applicants be granted admission  at the California State
University, and receive priority consideration in admissions practice
at the University of California,  in the following order:
   (1) Residents of California who are recently released veterans of
the Armed Forces of the United States.
   (2) Transfers from California public community colleges.
   (3) Applicants who have been previously enrolled at the campus to
which they are applying, provided they left this institution in good
standing.
   (4) Applicants who have a degree or credential objective that is
not generally offered at other public institutions of higher learning
within California.
   (5) Applicants for whom the distance involved in attending another
institution would create financial or other hardships.
   (c) It is further the intent of the Legislature that those
veterans referred to in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) who were
enrolled in good standing at a campus of the University of California
or at one of the California State Universities prior to military
service receive priority over other veterans recently released from
military service.
   (d) (1) Within each of the enrollment categories in subdivisions
(a) to (c), inclusive, the California State University shall provide
applicants who reside in the local service area of a campus with
admission to the applicant's local California State University campus
over other California residents or out-of-state applicants entering
as first-time freshmen or sophomores, provided they meet relevant
admissions criteria. An applicant who is provided admission pursuant
to this subdivision shall be subject to any additional admissions
criteria resulting from impaction of a major.
   (2) As used in this subdivision, "local service area" means the
CSU service area for the campus as set forth in the California State
University Coded Memorandum AA-2005-05, dated February 23, 2005 
, or as subsequently amended  .